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CLAYGATE, England -- In a further twist to a story of murder and mystery that has seized headlines for days in France and Britain, the British police summoned an army [...]

LONDON -- It started inauspiciously for the British team on the first day of Olympic competition, with a jarring defeat of one of the country's favorite athletes, Mark Cavendish, a [...]

LONDON -- To some who knew her in Britain, she was a loving mother who had moved here for her son's education, prepared green tea at precisely 183 degrees -- [...]

LONDON -- Londoners, forced to navigate a vast city using one of the largest and oldest public transit systems in the world and a road network first laid out by [...]

MANCHESTER, England -- A cool wind blew through this city Monday night, and it heralded the arrival of soccer's changing of the guard. For 44 years, since its last league [...]

MANCHESTER, England -- Slanting rain and a vicious wind sent ripples and eddies across the puddles forming outside Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Workers spilled out of two satellite [...]

LONDON -- Investigators with Britain's largest police force said on Wednesday that they believed that Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished while on vacation with her parents in Portugal, [...]

LONDON -- Out of the ashes of London's summer riots, Tottenham Hotspur continues to rise. In August, as the rest of the English Premier League season began across the country, [...]

It was supposed to be Landon Donovan doing the headlining on his return to the English Premier League on Wednesday, but clearly Tim Howard did not get the memo. Howard, [...]

CORRECTION APPENDED LONDON -- American soccer's biggest name has arrived in England, hoping to live up to the reputation he made for himself on his first visit. Landon Donovan is [...]

LONDON -- Daily life in Britain over the past week might have morphed into a hideous pageant of riots, murder, fires and pillage, played out to a soundtrack of police [...]

BIRMINGHAM, England -- With one senseless act, the fragile peace this city had maintained while London was convulsed with violence was suddenly threatened. Gangs of South Asians vowed retribution for [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill at Wimbledon For the second time this summer, Novak Djokovic is just one match away from becoming the highestranked tennis player on the planet, and this time [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung has been arrested by police in Hong Kong on charges of money laundering. With Yeung expected to appear in court this morning [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill at Wimbledon If there are any spectators at Victoria Azarenka and Petra Kvitova's semi–final tomorrow hoping to see something other than two willowy blondes trading firecracker forehands [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill History winds itself around the All England Club like the ivy on Centre Court, so Bernard Tomic's momentous fourth–round defeat of Xavier Malisse yesterday had great resonance. [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill at Wimbledon His first two rounds went by in a blaze of showcase shots such as slam-dunk smashes, but it was a more businesslike Roger Federer who [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Wimbledon had its second shock departure of the week when Robin Soderling, the world No5, was sent out in the third round by the youngest player in [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill at Wimbledon Three–time runner–up Andy Roddick became the first major men's victim of the 125th Championships, defeated in straight sets by a streaky Spaniard effectively held together [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill at Wimbledon The 'big four' might have found their progress to the third round at Wimbledon reasonably serene but Robin Soderling, the man nipping at their heels, [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill at Wimbledon The 'big four' might have found their progress to the third round at Wimbledon reasonably serene but Robin Soderling, the man nipping at their heels, [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill and Alexandra Willis at Wimbledon There is nothing quite like troubled times to bring success into sharp relief, and one wonders whether wildcard Laura Robson's first Grand [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill There will have been sighs of relief in the locker room, not least from Rafael Nadal, after Milos Raonic was forced to retire against Gilles Muller having [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskills Everything about Laura Robson's life since she was crowned 'Queen of Wimbledon' at in the junior tournament at the All England Club in 2008 has been more [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha have enough Wimbledon demons between them to challenge even the most industrious exorcist, but yesterday they managed to reach the second round [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha have enough Wimbledon demons between them to challenge even the most industrious exorcist, but yesterday they managed to reach the second round [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Tomas Berdych, last year's runner–up, needed just an hour and a half to crush Filippo Volandri in straight sets, the sort of performance which will put others [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Alex McLeish has promised to bring the good times back to Aston Villa and says he is relishing the challenge. McLeish, who succeeds Gérard Houllier, has signed [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Gabriel Agbonlahor has praised Alex McLeish's strength of character for swapping Birmingham City for Aston Villa, saying that only a courageous man would have been able to [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Sir Alex Ferguson has backed his protégé Alex McLeish to succeed at Aston Villa and to win over fans who have reacted venomously to his defection from [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Steve McClaren has admitted that he was made England manager too soon in his career, but says he is not haunted by such high–profile failure. There was [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Aston Villa look set to confirm Alex McLeish as their manager today in the face of angry opposition from their supporters who are protesting at the club [...]

Byline: Jason Burt and Sandy Macaskills Aston Villa will announce Alex McLeish as their new manager by the end of this week, after last night con–firming their intention to interview [...]

Byline: Jason Burt and Sandy Macaskill Aston Villa will announce Alex McLeish as their new manager by the end of this week, after last night confirming their intention to interview [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Birmingham City will demand £5.4 million in compensation if Aston Villa attempt to take the astonishing step of making Alex McLeish their replacement for Gérard Houllier. The [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Nottingham Forest have insisted that they were never concerned about a negative response from supporters to Steve McClaren's appointment as successor to Billy Davies. Indeed, rather than [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Birmingham City will demand £5.4 million in compensation if Aston Villa attempt to take the astonishing step of making Alex McLeish their replacement for Gérard Houllier. The [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Birmingham City have begun their search for a manager following Alex McLeish's resignation, with Gianfranco Zola and Chris Hughton believed to be highly regarded by the club's [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Steve McClaren is hoping that his 3½–year exile from English football will end with the confirmation today that he is to become the manager of Nottingham Forest [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Birmingham City have warned local rivals Aston Villa that they could face legal action if Alex McLeish is named as Gérard Houllier's successor following their manager's surprise [...]

Byline: Jeremy Wilson and Sandy Macaskill Aston Villa are leaving the door open to the possibility of Mark Hughes becoming their manager, but Martin Jol has emerged as an increasingly [...]

Byline: Jeremy Wilson and Sandy Macaskill Aston Villa are leaving the door open to the possibility of Mark Hughes becoming their manager, but Martin Jol has emerged as an increasingly [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill and Jeremy Wilson Gérard Houllier's long–anticipated departure from Aston Villa was finally confirmed last night, with the club claiming uncertainty over his health as the reason for [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill and Jeremy Wilson Gérard Houllier's long–anticipated departure from Aston Villa was finally confirmed last night, with the club claiming uncertainty over his health as the reason for [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Aston Villa have targeted Fulham manager Mark Hughes to succeed Gérard Houllier, who will confirm this week that he is standing down for health reasons. Randy Lerner, [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Aston Villa have targeted Fulham manager Mark Hughes to succeed Gérard Houllier, who will confirm this week that he is standing down for health reasons. Randy Lerner, [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Martin O'Neill has announced that he is ready to return to football management after resolving his long–standing dispute with Aston Villa. The Northern Irishman has already been [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Alex McLeish has been told that his job as manager of Birmingham City is safe despite their relegation to the Championship, but the Scotsman has been informed [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill at Molineux Wolverhampton 2 O'Hara 73, Hunt 87 Blackburn Rovers 3 Roberts 22, Emerton 38, Hoilett 45 Att: 29,009 Wolves huffed, they puffed, they had their own [...]

Byline: Sandy Macaskill Everyone presumed that it was Arsenal who spiralled into a nosedive as a consequence of the Carling Cup final in February, but it is in fact their [...]